by Ariel Zilber, Harriet Alexander and Sandra Salathe at The Daily Mail
Angry travelers took to social media on Tuesday as they were left stranded at airports across the country after Spirit and American Airlines canceled hundreds of more flights for the third consecutive day.
More than 670 flights were canceled as of Tuesday morning – most of those by Spirit and American Airlines, according to FlightAware.
American has canceled more than 280 flights nationwide while Spirit has canceled some 290 flights.
The latest figures show that some 140 American flights are delayed while Spirit has delayed nearly 50 flights.
At least 120 of the cancelled American Airlines flights are due to a ‘lack of a flight crew,’ according to CNBC.
One stranded passenger, Josh Spencer, posted a video on Twitter showing a terminal at Las Vegas airport filled with frustrated travelers in the early morning hours of Tuesday.
‘After an entire day of having flights delayed and cancelled by @AmericanAir and @SpiritAirlines, there are hundreds of stranded passengers at 2 am in Las Vegas airport with no clear way of getting home,’ he wrote.
‘I have never seen such poor management. This performance is disgraceful.’
Spirit, which took some $330million in bailout money from the government during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, still hasn’t reported a profit.
But American, which took some $1.5billion in taxpayer support, did report a profit of $19million in the latest quarter.
An American Airlines spokesperson told DailyMail.com on Tuesday: ‘We have experienced cancellations and delays since Sunday, mainly due to weather and ATC (air traffic control) impacts at DFW Airport, including two ramp closures on Sunday and a ground stop earlier today related to ongoing weather-recovery efforts.’
DailyMail.com has sought comment from Spirit Airlines…
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